Re: A Real Hospital Cyber Attack

[ snip of AP article ]

At least 13,000 computers were infected in the January 2005 attack on

> Northwest Hospital, a 187-bed nonprofit facility in Seattle, > prosecutors said. They said lives were endangered, and computer > repairs cost about $150,000.

While most of the story sounds legitimate, I did a doubletake when looking at those numbers above.

The hospital has 187 beds, yet 13,000 computers. Say what?

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